Fabric finishes are an important part of cotton buyers. Top textile companies in India increase the fabric’s productivity, aesthetics, and value by modifying the fabric’s texture, color, and utility. Fabric finishing is essentially referred the final part of fabric production, which comes after the initial formation of textile, called greige cotton fabric.
Fabric Finishing and Treatment Processes
Before the treatment process, we have to ensure the fabric is constructed based on the requirement established by the customer. This would include greige yarn selection, density, weight, stability, and stretch.
Once the Greige cotton yarn is ready, we can process it for the final product using different treatments, like dry or wet and cold or hot. Different treatments are sometimes combined to meet the fabric’s aesthetics and functional requirements placed by top textile companies in India.
The fabric finishing process comprises the following steps:
Washing and Drying
The greige cotton fabric is washed and cleaned with special detergents to remove dirt, chemical, and contaminants. Then it is dried in finishing plants using heat and air.
Heat Setting
The heat setting ensures the fabric doesn’t shrink or wrinkle and maintains the required structural integrity.
Calendaring
In this process step, large, heated pressurized rollers compress and smooth the fabric by condensing its fibers.
Dyeing and Coating
Customized colors are prepared to dye the fabrics using one of the following techniques – pad, paddle, jet, and beam.
Once the fabric is dyed, it is then coated to change its characteristics and appearance. Common coating compounds include plastic, oil, wax, glue, shellac, and starch. Others include moisture control, anti-microbial, flame resistance, UV resistance, etc.
Surface Alteration
The surface of the fabric is modified to improve its ability to bond or adhere to any stated surface. Treatments like Plasma, Corona, and Flame are used to modify the face of the fabric and supplied to cotton buyers for the final production.
Fabric Finished Types
At DMI, there are hundreds of finished fabric suppliers. While we cannot list them all, finished fabrics are largely classified into two categories based on performance – standard and decorative.
Standard Fabric Finishes
The standard fabric finishes are popularly used to alter the textile fabric’s performance, agility, and durability in a specific climate, such as summer or winter, and against a certain element, such as water, moisture, or flame. Example: Medical fabric finishes to prevent bacterial spread.
Uses and Properties
Fabrics with standard finish are used in different industries for various purposes. For instance, a chemical manufacturing company may use a chemical-resistant fabric to make uniforms for their workers, or a health care company may use anti-bacterial fabric to make their surgical or ER gowns to prevent contact with the infection.
Chemical resistant, Anti-microbial, UV resistant, and Anti-static, and Fire retardant are the main types of standard fabric finishes.
Decorative Fabric Finishes
The decorative fabric finish is used to enhance the appearance and aesthetics of the fabric, such as color, texture, firmness, clarity, colorfastness, etc. Sanding, sueding, crushing, and napping are common effects used for fashion and home textile fabrics.
Besides Decorative and Standard Fabric Finishes, top textile companies in India are on the lookout for suppliers at DMI for other advanced finishes that add unique properties to fabrics, like health and wellness (aloe, lavender, CBD), cooling comfort, and temperature control.
Contact DMI to Buy or Supply Fabrics with Different Finishes
If you are looking for suppliers for high-quality fabrics, standard and decorative fabrics, and also greige cotton buyers, register your business with DMI. We are the world’s leading suppliers and traders of all kinds of fabrics, fibers, and yarn.
Evaluate your business capabilities today to find out your growth potential. If you have any questions, contact our trading experts.
